Cheshire, England
According to a local tradition,
in the ground below the great outcrop of sandstone, known
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| Above Alderley Edge
is a bearded, weather-beaten face. Under it is written, Drink
of this and take thy fill, for the water falls by the wizard's
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as the Edge, there is a cave in which Arthur
and his knights lie sleeping. The story goes that a farmer was on
his way to market at the nearby town of Macclesfield when he was stopped
by an old man who offered to buy the white horse he was planning to
sell. Refusing the low offer, the farmer rode on. Despite much interest,
no one bought the horse at the market. On the way back, the same mysterious
man appeared and this time the farmer accepted the offer. Leading
him to the hillside, the old man laid a hand on some rocks, which
opened to reveal iron gates at an entrance into the hill. Within the
hill, the astonished farmer saw the great king and his knights, together
with their mounts, asleep in a vast cavern. The horse was for one
of the knights, and the farmer received a bag of gold for it before
he fled, hearing the gates clang shut behind him.
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